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[libvirt] [PATCH 4/4] VirtualBox support
by Pritesh Kothari 16 Apr '09

16 Apr '09

Hi All, I have attached a patch which when applied on the HEAD as of today would allow virtualbox support in libvirt. It takes cares of all the stuff mentioned on the list earlier. Still if I have missed anything, please do tell me. The patches are organized as below: Patch 0/4: contains sample xml file Patch 1/4: contains diff of files already in libvirt. Patch 2/4: contains new files needed for VirtualBox support. Patch 3/4: contains support for host only and internal network. Patch 4/4: contains support for rdp in libvirt as mentioned by danpb (also had sent it separately earlier) Regards, Pritesh

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[libvirt] [PATCH 3/4] VirtualBox support
by Pritesh Kothari 16 Apr '09

16 Apr '09

Hi All, I have attached a patch which when applied on the HEAD as of today would allow virtualbox support in libvirt. It takes cares of all the stuff mentioned on the list earlier. Still if I have missed anything, please do tell me. The patches are organized as below: Patch 0/4: contains sample xml file Patch 1/4: contains diff of files already in libvirt. Patch 2/4: contains new files needed for VirtualBox support. Patch 3/4: contains support for host only and internal network. Patch 4/4: contains support for rdp in libvirt as mentioned by danpb (also had sent it separately earlier) Regards, Pritesh

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[libvirt] [PATCH 0/4] VirtualBox support
by Pritesh Kothari 16 Apr '09

16 Apr '09

Hi All, I have attached a patch which when applied on the HEAD as of today would allow virtualbox support in libvirt. It takes cares of all the stuff mentioned on the list earlier. Still if I have missed anything, please do tell me. The patches are organized as below: Patch 0/4: contains sample xml file Patch 1/4: contains diff of files already in libvirt. Patch 2/4: contains new files needed for VirtualBox support. Patch 3/4: contains support for host only and internal network. Patch 4/4: contains support for rdp in libvirt as mentioned by danpb (also had sent it separately earlier) Regards, Pritesh

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[libvirt] [PATCH] qemu -drive takes format= not fmt=
by Mark McLoughlin 16 Apr '09

16 Apr '09

Hey, Looks like a simple typo. Original addition of the flag to qemu was here: http://git.kernel.org/?p=virt/qemu/qemu.git;a=commitdiff;h=1e72d3b7 and support added to libvirt by this: http://git.et.redhat.com/?p=libvirt.git;a=commitdiff;h=74ce659266 Cheers, Mark. From: Mark McLoughlin <markmc(a)redhat.com> Subject: [PATCH] qemu -drive takes format= not fmt= Seems like a simple typo - it has been "format=" since the flag was introduced, but we added it as "fmt=". Signed-off-by: Mark McLoughlin <markmc(a)redhat.com> --- src/qemu_conf.c | 2 +- .../qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-cache-v1-none.args | 2 +- .../qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-cache-v1-wb.args | 2 +- .../qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-cache-v1-wt.args | 2 +- .../qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-cache-v2-none.args | 2 +- .../qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-cache-v2-wb.args | 2 +- .../qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-cache-v2-wt.args | 2 +- .../qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-fmt-qcow.args | 2 +- .../qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-shared.args | 2 +- 9 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/qemu_conf.c b/src/qemu_conf.c index f36c927..6f9e610 100644 --- a/src/qemu_conf.c +++ b/src/qemu_conf.c @@ -1135,7 +1135,7 @@ int qemudBuildCommandLine(virConnectPtr conn, disk->device == VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_DEVICE_DISK) virBufferAddLit(&opt, ",boot=on"); if (disk->driverType) - virBufferVSprintf(&opt, ",fmt=%s", disk->driverType); + virBufferVSprintf(&opt, ",format=%s", disk->driverType); if (disk->cachemode) { const char *mode = diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-cache-v1-none.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-cache-v1-none.args index 67c8e0d..13b5dd5 100644 --- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-cache-v1-none.args +++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-cache-v1-none.args @@ -1 +1 @@ -LC_ALL=C PATH=/bin HOME=/home/test USER=test LOGNAME=test /usr/bin/qemu -S -M pc -m 214 -smp 1 -nographic -monitor pty -pidfile /nowhere/QEMUGuest1.pid -no-acpi -boot c -drive file=/dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest1,if=ide,index=0,fmt=qcow2,cache=off -drive file=/dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest2,if=ide,media=cdrom,index=2,fmt=raw -net none -serial none -parallel none -usb +LC_ALL=C PATH=/bin HOME=/home/test USER=test LOGNAME=test /usr/bin/qemu -S -M pc -m 214 -smp 1 -nographic -monitor pty -pidfile /nowhere/QEMUGuest1.pid -no-acpi -boot c -drive file=/dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest1,if=ide,index=0,format=qcow2,cache=off -drive file=/dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest2,if=ide,media=cdrom,index=2,format=raw -net none -serial none -parallel none -usb diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-cache-v1-wb.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-cache-v1-wb.args index 2b4fd34..2197cd0 100644 --- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-cache-v1-wb.args +++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-cache-v1-wb.args @@ -1 +1 @@ -LC_ALL=C PATH=/bin HOME=/home/test USER=test LOGNAME=test /usr/bin/qemu -S -M pc -m 214 -smp 1 -nographic -monitor pty -pidfile /nowhere/QEMUGuest1.pid -no-acpi -boot c -drive file=/dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest1,if=ide,index=0,fmt=qcow2,cache=on -drive file=/dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest2,if=ide,media=cdrom,index=2,fmt=raw -net none -serial none -parallel none -usb +LC_ALL=C PATH=/bin HOME=/home/test USER=test LOGNAME=test /usr/bin/qemu -S -M pc -m 214 -smp 1 -nographic -monitor pty -pidfile /nowhere/QEMUGuest1.pid -no-acpi -boot c -drive file=/dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest1,if=ide,index=0,format=qcow2,cache=on -drive file=/dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest2,if=ide,media=cdrom,index=2,format=raw -net none -serial none -parallel none -usb diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-cache-v1-wt.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-cache-v1-wt.args index 67c8e0d..13b5dd5 100644 --- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-cache-v1-wt.args +++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-cache-v1-wt.args @@ -1 +1 @@ -LC_ALL=C PATH=/bin HOME=/home/test USER=test LOGNAME=test /usr/bin/qemu -S -M pc -m 214 -smp 1 -nographic -monitor pty -pidfile /nowhere/QEMUGuest1.pid -no-acpi -boot c -drive file=/dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest1,if=ide,index=0,fmt=qcow2,cache=off -drive file=/dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest2,if=ide,media=cdrom,index=2,fmt=raw -net none -serial none -parallel none -usb +LC_ALL=C PATH=/bin HOME=/home/test USER=test LOGNAME=test /usr/bin/qemu -S -M pc -m 214 -smp 1 -nographic -monitor pty -pidfile /nowhere/QEMUGuest1.pid -no-acpi -boot c -drive file=/dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest1,if=ide,index=0,format=qcow2,cache=off -drive file=/dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest2,if=ide,media=cdrom,index=2,format=raw -net none -serial none -parallel none -usb diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-cache-v2-none.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-cache-v2-none.args index 7e6bea7..f4e5c1a 100644 --- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-cache-v2-none.args +++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-cache-v2-none.args @@ -1 +1 @@ -LC_ALL=C PATH=/bin HOME=/home/test USER=test LOGNAME=test /usr/bin/qemu -S -M pc -m 214 -smp 1 -nographic -monitor pty -pidfile /nowhere/QEMUGuest1.pid -no-acpi -boot c -drive file=/dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest1,if=ide,index=0,fmt=qcow2,cache=none -drive file=/dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest2,if=ide,media=cdrom,index=2,fmt=raw -net none -serial none -parallel none -usb +LC_ALL=C PATH=/bin HOME=/home/test USER=test LOGNAME=test /usr/bin/qemu -S -M pc -m 214 -smp 1 -nographic -monitor pty -pidfile /nowhere/QEMUGuest1.pid -no-acpi -boot c -drive file=/dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest1,if=ide,index=0,format=qcow2,cache=none -drive file=/dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest2,if=ide,media=cdrom,index=2,format=raw -net none -serial none -parallel none -usb diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-cache-v2-wb.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-cache-v2-wb.args index 2fd6b9f..273f68b 100644 --- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-cache-v2-wb.args +++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-cache-v2-wb.args @@ -1 +1 @@ -LC_ALL=C PATH=/bin HOME=/home/test USER=test LOGNAME=test /usr/bin/qemu -S -M pc -m 214 -smp 1 -nographic -monitor pty -pidfile /nowhere/QEMUGuest1.pid -no-acpi -boot c -drive file=/dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest1,if=ide,index=0,fmt=qcow2,cache=writeback -drive file=/dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest2,if=ide,media=cdrom,index=2,fmt=raw -net none -serial none -parallel none -usb +LC_ALL=C PATH=/bin HOME=/home/test USER=test LOGNAME=test /usr/bin/qemu -S -M pc -m 214 -smp 1 -nographic -monitor pty -pidfile /nowhere/QEMUGuest1.pid -no-acpi -boot c -drive file=/dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest1,if=ide,index=0,format=qcow2,cache=writeback -drive file=/dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest2,if=ide,media=cdrom,index=2,format=raw -net none -serial none -parallel none -usb diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-cache-v2-wt.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-cache-v2-wt.args index 07fe4f7..d5791f0 100644 --- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-cache-v2-wt.args +++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-cache-v2-wt.args @@ -1 +1 @@ -LC_ALL=C PATH=/bin HOME=/home/test USER=test LOGNAME=test /usr/bin/qemu -S -M pc -m 214 -smp 1 -nographic -monitor pty -pidfile /nowhere/QEMUGuest1.pid -no-acpi -boot c -drive file=/dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest1,if=ide,index=0,fmt=qcow2,cache=writethrough -drive file=/dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest2,if=ide,media=cdrom,index=2,fmt=raw -net none -serial none -parallel none -usb +LC_ALL=C PATH=/bin HOME=/home/test USER=test LOGNAME=test /usr/bin/qemu -S -M pc -m 214 -smp 1 -nographic -monitor pty -pidfile /nowhere/QEMUGuest1.pid -no-acpi -boot c -drive file=/dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest1,if=ide,index=0,format=qcow2,cache=writethrough -drive file=/dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest2,if=ide,media=cdrom,index=2,format=raw -net none -serial none -parallel none -usb diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-fmt-qcow.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-fmt-qcow.args index cc76fa4..577d353 100644 --- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-fmt-qcow.args +++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-fmt-qcow.args @@ -1 +1 @@ -LC_ALL=C PATH=/bin HOME=/home/test USER=test LOGNAME=test /usr/bin/qemu -S -M pc -m 214 -smp 1 -nographic -monitor pty -pidfile /nowhere/QEMUGuest1.pid -no-acpi -boot c -drive file=/dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest1,if=ide,index=0,boot=on,fmt=qcow2 -drive file=/dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest2,if=ide,media=cdrom,index=2,fmt=raw -net none -serial none -parallel none -usb +LC_ALL=C PATH=/bin HOME=/home/test USER=test LOGNAME=test /usr/bin/qemu -S -M pc -m 214 -smp 1 -nographic -monitor pty -pidfile /nowhere/QEMUGuest1.pid -no-acpi -boot c -drive file=/dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest1,if=ide,index=0,boot=on,format=qcow2 -drive file=/dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest2,if=ide,media=cdrom,index=2,format=raw -net none -serial none -parallel none -usb diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-shared.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-shared.args index 67c8e0d..13b5dd5 100644 --- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-shared.args +++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-shared.args @@ -1 +1 @@ -LC_ALL=C PATH=/bin HOME=/home/test USER=test LOGNAME=test /usr/bin/qemu -S -M pc -m 214 -smp 1 -nographic -monitor pty -pidfile /nowhere/QEMUGuest1.pid -no-acpi -boot c -drive file=/dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest1,if=ide,index=0,fmt=qcow2,cache=off -drive file=/dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest2,if=ide,media=cdrom,index=2,fmt=raw -net none -serial none -parallel none -usb +LC_ALL=C PATH=/bin HOME=/home/test USER=test LOGNAME=test /usr/bin/qemu -S -M pc -m 214 -smp 1 -nographic -monitor pty -pidfile /nowhere/QEMUGuest1.pid -no-acpi -boot c -drive file=/dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest1,if=ide,index=0,format=qcow2,cache=off -drive file=/dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest2,if=ide,media=cdrom,index=2,format=raw -net none -serial none -parallel none -usb -- 1.6.0.6

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[libvirt] [PATCH] Make SELinuxSecurityDriverProbe() fail on Fedora 10
by Mark McLoughlin 16 Apr '09

16 Apr '09

Running "make check" on F10, I get: libvir: Security Labeling error : SELinuxInitialize: cannot open SELinux virtual domain context file /etc/selinux/targeted/contexts/virtual_domain_context: No such file or directory Failed to start security driverFAIL: seclabeltest Seems virtual_domain_context isn't available on F10. Haven't investigated further, just want to have "make check" pass. Signed-off-by: Mark McLoughlin <markmc(a)redhat.com> --- src/security_selinux.c | 8 +++++++- 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/security_selinux.c b/src/security_selinux.c index ac317d7..c0b4a67 100644 --- a/src/security_selinux.c +++ b/src/security_selinux.c @@ -218,7 +218,13 @@ done: static int SELinuxSecurityDriverProbe(void) { - return is_selinux_enabled() ? SECURITY_DRIVER_ENABLE : SECURITY_DRIVER_DISABLE; + if (!is_selinux_enabled()) + return SECURITY_DRIVER_DISABLE; + + if (!virFileExists(selinux_virtual_domain_context_path())) + return SECURITY_DRIVER_DISABLE; + + return SECURITY_DRIVER_ENABLE; } static int -- 1.6.0.6

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[libvirt] [PATCH 1/1] changes in src/lxc_container.c so that it passes make syntax-check
by Pritesh Kothari 16 Apr '09

16 Apr '09

Hi All, This patch just clean up src/lxc_container.c so that the make syntax-check passes. Regards, Pritesh

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[libvirt] [PATCH] Fix lxc syntax-check failure
by Mark McLoughlin 16 Apr '09

16 Apr '09

>From 7ebf401c747b61b44bdba0aebc85fbead7ec1d12 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mark McLoughlin <markmc(a)redhat.com> Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2009 11:36:41 +0100 Subject: Fixes: CHECK: avoid_if_before_free src/lxc_container.c: if (oldroot) VIR_FREE(oldroot) src/lxc_container.c: if (newroot) VIR_FREE(newroot) Makefile.maint: found useless "if" before "free" above and: src/lxc_container.c:317: Makefile.maint: found trailing blank(s) Signed-off-by: Mark McLoughlin <markmc(a)redhat.com> --- src/lxc_container.c | 16 ++++++++-------- 1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/lxc_container.c b/src/lxc_container.c index ff115d1..67c66bd 100644 --- a/src/lxc_container.c +++ b/src/lxc_container.c @@ -282,9 +282,11 @@ static int lxcContainerChildMountSort(const void *a, const void *b) static int lxcContainerPivotRoot(virDomainFSDefPtr root) { - int rc; + int rc, ret; char *oldroot = NULL, *newroot = NULL; + ret = -1; + /* root->parent must be private, so make / private. */ if (mount("", "/", NULL, MS_PRIVATE|MS_REC, NULL) < 0) { virReportSystemError(NULL, errno, "%s", @@ -312,7 +314,7 @@ static int lxcContainerPivotRoot(virDomainFSDefPtr root) oldroot); goto err; } - + /* Create a directory called 'new' in tmpfs */ if (virAsprintf(&newroot, "%s/new", oldroot) < 0) { virReportOOMError(NULL); @@ -366,15 +368,13 @@ static int lxcContainerPivotRoot(virDomainFSDefPtr root) goto err; } + ret = 0; + +err: VIR_FREE(oldroot); VIR_FREE(newroot); - return 0; - -err: - if (oldroot) VIR_FREE(oldroot); - if (newroot) VIR_FREE(newroot); - return -1; + return ret; } static int lxcContainerPopulateDevices(void) -- 1.6.0.6

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[libvirt] problem to connect to libvirtd as ordinary user
by Sebastian Reitenbach 16 Apr '09

16 Apr '09

Hi, I'm trying to setup an eucalyptus cloud managing my virtual xen nodes. I'm on SLES11, x86_64. I compiled libvirt-0.6.2 with the following configure parameters: ./configure --prefix=/usr --without-storage-iscsi --without-remote --without-sasl --without-openvz --without-storage-disk below the parameters I've set in the /etc/libvirt/libvirt.conf file: listen_tls = 0 listen_tcp = 1 unix_sock_group = "libvirt" unix_sock_ro_perms = "0777" unix_sock_rw_perms = "0777" unix_sock_dir = "/var/run/libvirt" auth_unix_ro = "none" auth_unix_rw = "none" auth_tcp = "none" auth_tls = "none" log_level = 1 log_outputs="0:stderr" as root, I can run "virsh list" or "virsh -c xen+unix:/// list" and it just works, however, I cannot do this as user eucalyptus. The user eucalyptus is a member of the libvirt group. # id eucalyptus uid=1000(eucalyptus) gid=1000(eucalyptus) groups=1000(eucalyptus),0(root),16 (dialout),17(audio),33(video),100(users),1001(libvirt) I ran virsh through strace, to see what happens: strace virsh.bin -c xen+unix:/// list ... open("/proc/xen/privcmd", O_RDWR) = -1 EACCES (Permission denied) ... Shouldn't the permissions of /proc/xen/privcmd be OK due to the libvirt.conf file? However, I changed them, and now the strace output looks like this: chmod 777 /proc/xen/privcmd strace virsh.bin -c xen+unix:/// list ... open("/proc/xen/privcmd", O_RDWR) = 3 ioctl(3, SNDCTL_DSP_RESET, 0x7fff4721a0f0) = 196611 mlock(0x7fff4721a070, 72) = 0 mlock(0x7fff47219f00, 136) = 0 ioctl(3, SNDCTL_DSP_RESET, 0x7fff47219d80) = -1 EACCES (Permission denied) munlock(0x7fff47219f00, 136) = 0 munlock(0x7fff4721a070, 72) = 0 mlock(0x7fff4721a070, 72) = 0 mlock(0x7fff47219f00, 136) = 0 ioctl(3, SNDCTL_DSP_RESET, 0x7fff47219d80) = -1 EACCES (Permission denied) munlock(0x7fff47219f00, 136) = 0 munlock(0x7fff4721a070, 72) = 0 mlock(0x7fff4721a070, 72) = 0 mlock(0x7fff47219f00, 136) = 0 ioctl(3, SNDCTL_DSP_RESET, 0x7fff47219d80) = -1 EACCES (Permission denied) munlock(0x7fff47219f00, 136) = 0 munlock(0x7fff4721a070, 72) = 0 mlock(0x7fff4721a070, 72) = 0 mlock(0x7fff47219f00, 136) = 0 ioctl(3, SNDCTL_DSP_RESET, 0x7fff47219d80) = 0 munlock(0x7fff47219f00, 136) = 0 munlock(0x7fff4721a070, 72) = 0 mlock(0x7fff47219e00, 136) = 0 ioctl(3, SNDCTL_DSP_RESET, 0x7fff47219d80) = 0 munlock(0x7fff47219e00, 136) = 0 close(3) = 0 ... actually, there is no sound card at all, I wonder what the SNDCTL_DSP_RESET is doing there. After the close(3), the virsh is only looking for language to generate the error message: error: failed to connect to the hypervisor Those xen versions are installed: xen-doc-pdf-3.3.1_18546_12-3.1 xen-doc-html-3.3.1_18546_12-3.1 xen-3.3.1_18546_12-3.1 xen-libs-3.3.1_18546_12-3.1 xen-tools-3.3.1_18546_12-3.1 xen-kmp-default-3.3.1_18546_12_2.6.27.19_5-3.1 kernel-xen-base-2.6.27.19-5.1 kernel-xen-2.6.27.19-5.1 xen-devel-3.3.1_18546_12-3.1 any idea what is wrong here? kind regards sebastian

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[libvirt] [Docs] More work on the API and architecture
by Daniel Veillard 15 Apr '09

15 Apr '09

Another patch, incomplete adding a new page api.html[.in] with the goals of describing the main API concepts, architectures, naming conventions, etc ... It includes Dan's graphics and a change of how the stylesheet process the .html.in content allowing to turn <code class='docref'>foo</code> into a link to reference for foo in the API page. Ultimately I should be able to load the API description from the stylesheet and do that link generation automagically without any markup (like all the links in the API reference). Still need to write the drivers and remote sections, and augment some of the APIs entry points, but it's a first step and better in than out. Daniel -- Daniel Veillard | libxml Gnome XML XSLT toolkit http://xmlsoft.org/ daniel(a)veillard.com | Rpmfind RPM search engine http://rpmfind.net/ http://veillard.com/ | virtualization library http://libvirt.org/

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[libvirt] XML network model type stripped on define.
by Adrian Garay 15 Apr '09

15 Apr '09

Greetings! I am currently testing Centos5.3, KVM-84, libvirt from the Centos default packages and a Vista 32 guest. I am unfortunately experiencing difficulties with the default realtek8139 network driver, the solution for which I've read would be to change the emulated network device type to e1000. When editing the xml file for my guest, I change: <interface type='bridge'> <mac address='00:16:3e:38:a8:ad'/> <source bridge='br0'/> </interface> to: <interface type='bridge'> <mac address='00:16:3e:38:a8:ad'/> <source bridge='br0'/> <model type='e1000'/> </interface> and then doing a: virsh --connect qemu:///system define /etc/libvirt/qemu/vista32.xml The correct guest is updated, but the model type information I've just added is stripped from my XML and I'm once again left with an 8139 emulated nic. According to the command: qemu-kvm -net nic,model=? /dev/null I should be able to use the e1000 driver. My sincerest apologies if this is already known, or I'm missing something terribly obvious. I am new to mailing lists (this would be my first!) Thanks in advance.

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